8 Ioala, a towne 6 leagues from Palmerin:  The commodities be hides, waxe, elephants teeth, rice, and some golde:  and many Spaniards and Portugals are there.

9 Gambra riuer:  The commodities are rice, waxe, hides, elephants teeth, and golde.

The Frenchmen of Diepe and New-hauen haue traded thither aboue thirty yeres:  and commonly with four or five ships a yere, whereof two small barks go into the riuer of Senega.  The other were wont (vntill within these foure yeres, that our ships came thither) to ride with their ships in the road of Porto d’Ally and so sent their small shaloups of sixe or eight tunnes to some of these places on the Sea coast before repeated.  Where in all places generally they were well beloued and as courteously entertained of the Negros, as if they had been naturally borne in the country.  And very often the Negros come into France and returne againe, which is a further increasing of mutuall loue and amity.  Since our comming to that coast the Frenchmen ride with their shippes at Refisca Vieio and suffered vs to ancre with our shippes at Porto d’Ally.  The Frenchmen neuer vse to go into the riuer of Gambra:  which is a riuer of secret trade and riches concealed by the Portugals.  For long since one Frenchman entered the riuer with a small barke which was betrayed, surprised and taken by two gallies of the Portugals.

In our second voyage and second yeere there were by vile treacherous meanes of the Portugals and the king of the Negros consent in Porto d’Ally and Ioala about forty Englishmen cruelly slaine and captiued, and most or all of their goods confiscated:  whereof there returned onely two, which were marchants.  And also by procurement of Pedro Gonsalues, one of Don Antonio the kings seruants, Thomas Dassel and others had bene betrayed, if it had not pleased Almighty God to reueale the same, whereby it was preuented.

From the South side of Senega riuer on the Sea coast vnto about Palmerin is all one kingdome of Negros.  The kings name is Melick Zamba, who dwelleth two dayes iourney within the land from Refisca.

The 12 of Nouember 1591, I Richard Rainolds and Thomas Dassel factors in a ship called the Nightingale of London 125 tunnes, and a pinnesse called the Messenger of 40 tonnes arriued neere vnto Capo Verde at a little Iland called The Iland of liberty.  At this Iland we set vp a small pinnesse, with which we cary our marchandise on land when wee traffique.  And in the meane time Thomas Dassel went with the great pinnesse to traffike with Spaniards or Portugals in Porto d’Ally or Ioala.  Ouer against the sayd Iland on the maine is an habitation of the Negros called Besegueache.  The alcaide or gouernor thereof with a great traine came aboord in their canoas to receiue the kings dueties for ankerage and permitting the quiet setting vp of our pinnesse:  who liked passing well that no Portugall came in the shippe, saying, we should be better thought of by the king and people, if we neuer